Sorry to hear, RecycledKaos. I wish I was better qualified to help you out there, but all in all, I am just a normal player like anybody else out there. So besides doing fresh installs of directx, .NET framework, windows media player and WIN7 service pack updates I am running out of ideas. I hope this has not been too frustrating to experience and I want to thank you again for your time spend trying to get it run.